Cotton-boll havester.



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COTTON-BOLL HARVESTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 191e.

' Application tiled July 13, 1912. Serial No. 709,230.

To all who@l it may concern: l

Be it known that I, Bonner W. MONK, a citizen of the United States of America, residingat Mobeetie, in the county of Wheeler and State of Texas,"have invented certain new and-useful Improvements in Cotton- Boll Harvesters, of which the following isa specificati/on, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawing.

This invention relates to harvesting machinery, andhasspecia'l reference toa cotton harvester designed to remove 'the cotton i, bolls from plants.

the invention consists in general of certain Fig. 3 is a partial side elevation novel arrangements of details and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and z-Figure l is a plan view of a harvester constructed in accordance with this invention. Fig. 2 yis a partial side elevation of one'` side of such a harvester.

of the op- -positel side of such a harvester. Fig. 4 is a longitudinal vertical section through such a harvester. ing a certain sprocket and shaft arrange' ments on the harvester.

In the carrying out of this invention, there is provided a body consisting of a bottom l0 upwardly and outwardly curvedat the forr ward endV asat 11, and terminates'at this end in a diagonally disposed front portion 12. Extending upwardly from the rear end of this bottom is a back 13 which preferably is somewhat higher than the forward end. The sides of this body-are indicated at 14:

and are continued forward in a downwardly curved portion 15 terminated in a ground engaging'reversing portion 16 on each side. To these reversed portions are secured the swingle, trees 17 by. means 0f the attaching the lowermost bolls.

Fig. 5`is a detailed sectionshowf 4links 18. The rear portion of the device has secured at each side, a .plate 19 whercirom .extends a shaft 20 on which is mounted the hub 2l of a wheel 22. On one of these hubs there is formed a sprocket 23 and the wheel. is'secured on the shaft 20 by a suitable nut Extending across the body between the sides, and journaling in the said sides is a shaft 25 wherefrom extends a series of forwardly and downwardly inclined pointed teeth 2G. This shaft 25 is of suilicient height to pass over the tops' of all of the cotton plants and the teeth 2G come sufficiently close to the ground to insure the stripping of The shaft 25 extends outwardly through one side and on this outwardly extending end is secured a latch lever 27 which works over a quadrant 28, the

'ofthe body is a standard 30 and between these standards extends a rotatable shaft 3l whereon is fixed a drum 32 provided with a plurality or series of projecting teeth 33. These teeth are so arranged that they pass close to the teeth 26 when the drum is rotated. Upon this shaft 31 is also fixed a sprocket 34 which is connected by means of a chain 35 with the sprocket 23 so that when the device is drawn forward by the horses attached to it, the picker drum will be rotated.

In order to clear the teeth of the picker drum from any adhering cotton, there is provided a cross bar'36 which extends from side to side of the body and is located to the rear of the shaft 25 close to which the teeth 33 pass.` Extending from this bar 36 is a series of teeth '37 provided with downwardly curved ends 38- and these ends are located slightly in advance of the shaft 25 and in such position that they pass between the teeth 38 as the drum 32 is rotated. From side to sideof the body extends a bar 39 haw ing downwardly turned ends 40 secured to the body sides, and projecting up from this bar centrally thereof there is a standard 41, and at the rear there is carried a drivers seat 12.

In the operation of this device the same is driven along the rows of cotton plants so that the teeth 2G pass through the plants and the cotton bolls are thereby stripped from the plants and carried up these teeth. Upon 'and actto clean the teeth. The plants themselves i4then' 'strike the downwardly curved front 11 passing beneath the4 body to the re'ar. n There has thus been provided a simple and 'eiiieient device of the character' described and for vthe Apurpose specified.

' i.. vHav-ing thus described the invention, 'what .v

signature 1n presence of two witnesses.

is,v claimed as new is 5-A. cotton boll harvestercomprisinga body 'having-a pair of sides, each side formed v' from a blank and comprising an enlarged f body, an elongated downwardly curved arm extending from said body,` said 'arm terminating in a reversed rolled portion, said sides adapted' to carry abottom and be carried by supporting wheels, said reversed rolled'portions ofsaid arms ada ted to slide upon the`surface of the groun to 'support the forward portion of said body, an integral standard extending from each of said curved arms and adapted to carry a rotating drum, and means carried by said arms for conveying cotton bolls up to said drum and into said body.

In testimony whereof I hereunto ailix my ROBERT W. MONK. W'tnesses:

R. R. MOGREGOR, BRANCH ANDERSON. 

